Sweet Spot - Specialty Coffee by the Viktualienmarkt
The term Sweet Spot describes a moment of perfect balance .
And that’s exactly where Markus Pyttel’s coffee can take us.
With a view of Old Peter’s spire, sipping a cup at his Viktualienmarkt stand or on a break at his café on Reichenbachstraße, we might just feel it.
Markus himself strives to hit that sweet spot for his coffee every single day.
He sources top-quality beans from a rotating cast of roasters and pours his full attention into every preparation.
Tiny homemade marble cakes are for us the perfect little bite to go with it.
But if you’re hungrier, there are croissants, pain au chocolat, cinnamon and cardamom rolls, banana bread or Franzbrötchen.
And when the bottom of our cup reveals his chosen logo - a smiling face - it might just reflect our own, after the perfect brew.
Sweet Spot opened in 2019, tucked near the Heilig-Geist-Church at Viktualienmarkt.
Back then, specialty coffee was still rare in Munich and Markus set new standards. Making the leap from cappuccino and café au lait to fruity, black filter coffee wasn’t easy for some, especially without a stint in Copenhagen.
But with patience and zero trace of coffee snobbery, Markus won people over - us included.
By 2023, growing demand led to a second café on Reichenbachstraße, between Gärtnerplatz and the Isar.
Naturally, we can also take the beans home. One staple is the Munich-roasted coffee by Johannes Bayer - also used by Standl 20. Beyond that, Markus keeps things interesting for us, with a regularly changing lineup of lovingly selected beans.
There’s also a curated selection of gear from Fellow, Hario, Kinto, Timemore… plus sweet tote bags and shirts with the smiling Sweet Spot logo.
So we can carry home a happy face - twice.
